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Image-Based Fractal Description of Microstructures

By: J.M. Li,Li Lü,Man On Lai,B. Ralph

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Image-Based Fractal Description of Microstructures

By: J.M. Li,Li Lü,Man On Lai,B. Ralph

Fractal analysis has rapidly become an important field in materials science and engineering with broad applications to theoretical analysis and quantitative description of microstructures of materials. Fractal methods have thus far shown great potential in engineering applications in quantitative microscopic analysis of materials using commercial microscopes. This book attempts to introduce the fundamentals and the basis methods of fractal description of microstructures in combination with digital imaging and computer technologies. Basic concepts are given in the form of mathematical expressions. Detailed algorithms in practical applications are also provided. Fractal measurement, error analysis and fractal description of cluster growth, thin films and surfaces are emphasized in this book. Image-Based Fractal Description of Microstructures provides a comprehensive approach to materials characterization by fractal from theory to application.

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284

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1475737734

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9781475737738

Foundation Engineering

By: Ralph B. Peck,Walter E. Hanson,Thomas H. Thornburn

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Foundation Engineering

By: Ralph B. Peck,Walter E. Hanson,Thomas H. Thornburn

Covers properties of subsurface materials, types of foundations and methods of construction, selection of foundation type and basis for design, and design of foundations and earth-retaining structures.

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550

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471675857

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9780471675853

Community Criminology

Fundamentals of Spatial and Temporal Scaling, Ecological Indicators, and Selectivity Bias

By: Ralph B. Taylor

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Community Criminology

Fundamentals of Spatial and Temporal Scaling, Ecological Indicators, and Selectivity Bias

By: Ralph B. Taylor

For close to a century, the field of community criminology has examined the causes and consequences of community crime and delinquency rates. Nevertheless, there is still a lot we do not know about the dynamics behind these connections. In this book, Ralph Taylor argues that obstacles to deepening our understanding of community/crime links arise in part because most scholars have overlooked four fundamental concerns: how conceptual frames depend on the geographic units and/or temporal units used; how to establish the meaning of theoretically central ecological empirical indicators; and how to think about the causes and consequences of non-random selection dynamics. The volume organizes these four conceptual challenges using a common meta-analytic framework. The framework pinpoints critical features of and gaps in current theories about communities and crime, connects these concerns to current debates in both criminology and the philosophy of social science, and sketches the types of theory testing needed in the future if we are to grow our understanding of the causes and consequences of community crime rates. Taylor explains that a common meta-theoretical frame provides a grammar for thinking critically about current theories and simultaneously allows presenting these four topics and their connections in a unified manner. The volume provides an orientation to current and past scholarship in this area by describing three distinct but related community crime sequences involving delinquents, adult offenders, and victims. These sequences highlight community justice dynamics thereby raising questions about frequently used crime indicators in this area of research. A groundbreaking work melding past scholarly practices in criminology with the field's current needs, Community Criminology is an essential work for criminologists"--

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081470803X

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9780814708033

Your Complete Guide to the Solar Eclipse of May 10, 1994

By: B. Ralph Chou,Kenneth F. Abel

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Your Complete Guide to the Solar Eclipse of May 10, 1994

By: B. Ralph Chou,Kenneth F. Abel

Gids met volledige informatie over zonsverduistering.

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Image-Based Fractal Description of Microstructures

Image-Based Fractal Description of Microstructures

Foundation Engineering

Foundation Engineering

Community Criminology

Community Criminology

Your Complete Guide to the Solar Eclipse of May 10, 1994

Your Complete Guide to the Solar Eclipse of May 10, 1994

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